Lowestoft, Suffolk.—At 11 A.M. on the 4th December, 1937, the coxswain saw a fishing smack approaching the Newcombe Sands and rolling about in a heavy ground swell. Drifting with the N.E. wind and flood tide, she struck heavily, her anchor failed to hold, and at 11.47 A.M. she signalled for help. The motor life-boat Agnes Cross put out at 11.50 A.M. and found her to be the fishing smack Try On, of Lowestoft, outward bound for - the fishing grounds, with a crew of five.

The crew were on deck ready to leave, but a heavy sea refloated the smack, which then got into deep water and was towed clear of the sands by a tug.

At the master's request the life-boat stood by, but later he reported that the smack was not making water. The master then thanked the life-boatmen; the smack went on her way; and the life-boat returned, arriving at 1.30 P.M.

—Rewards, £19 19s. Qd..